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Question: Besides, 302 is really 4.95.
> No, 302 is really 4.942. Which, rounded to two decimals, is 4.94.
> > my elementary school math taught me to round 5 and higher up, not down.
> Exactly, and 4 is less than 5, so 4.942 rounds to 4.9.
> > I’d rather see 5.0 thrown on a 302 than see them tell me it’s putting out > > 320hp and come out grossly overshooting the number (as was the case in the > > 99-01 Cobras).
> More lies from Ford.
> Sure, but not with the same pile of broken and dead people that comes > attached to Ford’s fuckups. Other makers just don’t seem to have the > “whoops, our cars are killing and maiming people *again*” problems Ford > has had for at least 3 decades. > Wheels don’t fall off Dodges. > And Suburbans, Durangos, > 4Runners, Pathfinders and the like don’t fly out of control when a tire > fails.
I was using the 61 cubes per litre formula. I did lots of rounding I guess. In any event, go put a 4.9 badge on your Fox Mustang and quit crying. If you don’t have a Fox Mustang, what are you crying about anyway?Do you consider the 390hp rating on the new Cobras a lie too? It’s closer to 420hp. Or is that ok because it benefits the consumer? Each of the big three did this in the muscle car era to keep the insurance guys at bay. Head gasket problems on Neons, transmission problems in the Caravan…. general QA deficiencies… I’m surprised the wheels haven’t fallen off yet. Maybe not, but Fieros would just catch fire for no real apparent reason. Does that count? vI’m calling bullshit on this. Tests on the Explorers showed that they are no more prone to rollovers than anything else. Trackers are more prone. I think I can push one of them over, actually. Morons that can’t drive are more prone to rollovers. Also, Explorers outnumbered all of those other models, perhaps even combined. Just like people… if there are 10x the people in one place… you’re bound to find more ugly ones, stupid ones, etc.
Yeah. It’s Ford’s fault that Arizona state troopers are dying because someone ass-ends their stopped car going 70MPH? Sure it is. *Every* make has problems. Yeah, Ford’s had their share. I’m not denying that. And yeah, people have died. If you don’t like it, don’t buy one. Just find something else to bitch about, or somewhere else to bitch about it.
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